Gregory S Moss's Punkplay is set to make its UK premiere at London's Southwark Playhouse in September 2016. The play is a riot of a play told at a breakneck pace with a killer soundtrack, a coming-of-age story about subcultures, friendship, and not-fitting-in - all on rollerskates!
There’s Duck and there’s Mickey. They’re the kids of America and it’s the 80s apocalypse. They hate their parents and there’s no point in algebra. They’re grabbing at this thing called life: guitars, girls, love, fury, heartbreak and noise noise noise. Punk is their escape from suburbia and it’s like nothing they have ever heard. It’s fast - it’s alive - it’s already dead.
Casting for PunkPlay includes Matthew Castle, Aysha Kala, Sam Perry and Jack Sunderland.
Playwright Gregory S. Moss said: “I hope London theatregoers respond the same as an American audience. It’s a play that works on a bunch of levels. I hope they can find some reflection of their own adolescence in the central relationship. I hope that the play does capture, in an authentic way, some of that spirit of what I thought punk rock was about: this unfettered freedom, that sense of possibility that it gave me when I was a kid. It’s a huge deal for me to have the play open in London. And also to be part of Punk London - the 40th anniversary of punk in London - feels incredibly validating. It makes me very happy.”
PunkPlay runs at Southwark Playhouse from 7 September until 1 October 2016
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Douglas Mayo has had a life long love affair with musical theatre. He has authored several books on publicity and marketing for amateur theatre groups. He is in the process of developing a musical based on his original story concept.
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